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Electrodynamics of pulsar magnetospheres

2003/10/25 by Anatoly Spitkovsky, Spitkovsky, Anatoly
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0310731

Invited review, to appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conference Proceedings), eds F. Camilo and B. M. Gaensler. 8 pages. Figures best viewed if printed

arxiv created 2003/10/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

I review the theoretical understanding of the global structure of pulsar magnetospheres concentrating on recent progress in force-free electrodynamics and first-principles simulations of magnetospheres.

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